We open this newsletter with a reminder about my favorite charity, Last Hope Rescue, that for years has been a beacon of light for dogs who are facing their last days in shelters. At this time of reflection about our many blessings, please consider a donation here. The need is great. My fellow …
LMA NEWSLETTER December 8, 2025
Yaworsky: Leading Florida’s Insurance Conversation
Reforms are working in lowering rates
Florida Insurance Commissioner Michael Yaworsky has been on the road, engaging with stakeholders in our state marketplace. The most recent examples: traveling with the governor to meet with reinsurers in Bermuda at the PwC Insurance Summit, and updating Florida legislators on market developments. He knows that to get work …
Citizens Heading for a Historic Policy Count
CFO targeting insurance carriers, businesses on immigrants
Citizens Property Insurance approaches its lowest policy count ever, the CFO plans to target insurance companies over illegal aliens driving in Florida, workers’ comp insurance rates fall for the ninth straight year, a new survey shows Florida consumers are noticing improvements in their property claim experience, and a …
Growing Opposition to Florida Offshore Drilling
Plus, the new drought and sinking skyscrapers
Governor DeSantis pushes back against federal plans to allow oil drilling off of Florida’s Gulf Coast, Tallahassee finds itself the drought capital of the nation, and sinking residential towers on barrier islands are spelling problems for many South Florida properties and high-rises. It’s all in this week’s Environmental …
Florida Leads Nation in Foreclosure Filings
25% of Floridians considering moving out of state
Florida leads the nation’s 8-month rising foreclosure rate, homeowners are staying put in Central Florida, and Florida gains a taxpayer a minute despite fears over rising costs of living. It’s all in this week’s look at news about Florida’s economy.
Florida Foreclosures: October foreclosure filings in the …
A Worm of an Idea
Out with the old and in with the new – that was University of Central Florida (UCF) graduate Sam Baker’s goal, when he and classmate Gabe DeGaglia set out to overhaul the fertilizer industry with good old-fashioned earthworms. It all started when Baker and his grandfather’s favorite fishing spots were overrun with algae, exacerbated by …






